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Community Rallies After Deadly Tornado in Lake Village, Ind.
The tornado destroyed homes and businesses in Lake Village, killing two elderly residents and causing nine minor injuries in nearby Kankakee County, officials said.
- On Tuesday evening, a large tornado struck Lake Village, Indiana, killing two people and collapsing multiple homes, officials said.
- A multi-state outbreak threatened more than 90 million people, with long-track supercells spawning tornadoes and giant hail across the Midwest and southern Plains states, forecasters said.
- Emergency systems were overwhelmed south of Chicago as crews faced downed trees and power lines, while at least 10 tornadoes hit Texas, Illinois, and Indiana, with a six-inch hailstone in Illinois reported.
- Search-and-Rescue teams in Newton County continued operations into Wednesday as several people were hospitalized and local impacts included collapsed houses and trapped residents.
- NWS teams planned damage surveys across Indiana and Illinois to determine tornado counts and ratings as preliminary reports remained under review, while forecasters warned more severe storms could develop later Wednesday and hazards were expected to diminish by Thursday.
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Community rallies after deadly tornado in Lake Village, Ind.
Lake Village, Indiana is recovering after an EF-3 tornado destroyed homes and businesses, killed two elderly residents, and prompted an outpouring of community support as volunteers, utility crews and state officials work to restore power and provide aid.
Deadly storms renew calls for feds to re-invest in weather funding
CHICAGO – Victor Gensini was out in it Tuesday – launching a weather balloon with a team of researchers ahead of the supercell storm that produced a deadly tornado that struck parts of Illinois and northwest Indiana – claiming two lives. The professor of meteorology at Northern Illinois University said while the tornado and loss of life can’t be overlooked, he thinks the legacy of Tuesday’s storm may be record-setting hail stones – some of them …
Deadly tornadoes sweep through Illinois and Indiana
Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, according to officials. An elderly couple were killed in Lake Village Indiana in the 8000 block of 600 W and several were seriously injured. In Kankakee nine were injured but no deaths reported. “Please do not come here. Do not try to help right now…
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